| The Tobacco Reference Guide |
| by David Moyer, MD. |
| Chapter 27 International |
| tobacco reference guideg (artefact pour |
| International: Western Europe |
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| European price subsidies to encourage tobacco production are 684.5 million pounds |
| a year, more than sixty times the amount (10.3 million pounds) spent for programs |
| designed to reduce smoking. There is no domestic demand for the poor quality highly |
| subsidized European Union tobacco, so most of it is sold in Eastern Europe or in |
| North Africa at prices which are less than a fifth of the original subsidy. |
| British Medical Journal, November 16, 1996, p. 1228 |
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| The European Union countries in 1994 produced 328,000 tons of tobacco, much of it |
| of poor quality, and imported 490,000 tons to meet demand. The Union spends $1.24 |
| billion a year on tobacco subsidies, but only $1.85 million on smoking prevention. |
| British Medical Journal, March 30, 1996, p. 832 |
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| The European Commission in 1992 proposed a total ban on the advertising of |
| tobacco products, but a blocking minority of the United Kingdom, Germany, Denmark, |
| and the Netherlands until late 1997 prevented implementation. Countries with |
| advertising bans and restriction of smoking in public places are France, Italy, |
| Portugal, Finland, and Sweden. (Norway also does, but is not a member of the |
| European Union.) The United Kingdom, Denmark, Germany, and Spain, on the other |
| hand, have no general regulation covering smoking in public places. |
| Journal of the National Cancer Institute, September 4, 1996, p. 1189 |
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